Cave \Cave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Caving}.] [Cf. F. caver. See {Cave}, n.]
   To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.]
   
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         The mouldred earth cav'd the banke.      --Spenser.
   
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Cave \Cave\ (k[=a]v), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea
   cavity. Cf. {Cage}.]
   1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial;
      a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
      
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   2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of
      the ear." --Bacon.
      
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   3. (Eng. Politics) A coalition or group of seceders from a
      political party, as from the Liberal party in England in
      1866. See {Adullam}, {Cave of}, in the Dictionary of Noted
      Names in Fiction.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   {Cave bear} (Zool.), a very large fossil bear ({Ursus  spelaeus}) similar to the grizzly bear, but large;
      common in European caves.

   {Cave dweller}, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling
      place was a cave. --Tylor.

   {Cave hyena} (Zool.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in
      British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of
      the living African spotted hyena.

   {Cave lion} (Zool.), a fossil lion found in the caves of
      Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African
      lion.

   {Bone cave}. See under {Bone}.
      
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Cave \Cave\, v. i.
   1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] --Shak.
      
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   2. [See To cave in, below.] To fall in or down; as, the sand
      bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to
      give way; to yield in a disputed matter.
      
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   {To cave in}. [Flem. inkalven.]
      (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of
          a well or pit.
      (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] --H. Kingsley.
          
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